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Monitoring, Assessment and TMDLs
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- Monitoring, assessment, and Section 305(b) reporting in California
- Section 303(d) Listing in California
- TMDLs in California
- State-adopted TMDLs in California
- EPA-established TMDLs in California
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California Water Quality
California's Water Resources Control Board and nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards are responsible for conducting monitoring, assessment, reporting under CWA Sections 303(d) and 305(b), and TMDL development for the State of California. The State Board and Regional Boards cooperate in developing Section 305(b) and Section 303(d) listing reports. TMDLs are normally developed by Regional Boards, and then approved by the State Board and State Office of Administrative Law before being submitted for EPA approval.
Monitoring, assessment, and Section 305(b) reporting in California
More information about California's monitoring and Section 305(b) programs may be found at State Water Resources Control Board's Water Quality site
and in the State Water Resources Control Board's 2002 CWA Section 305(b) Report or by contacting:
Val Connor (vconnor@waterboards.ca.gov)
State Water Resources Control Board
P.O. Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95812-011
(916) 341-5550
Information on California's 305(b) program may also be obtained by contacting:
David Smith (smith.davidw@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office
(415) 972-3416
Section 303(d) Listing in California
California is currently in the process of completing its 2004 update to its Section 303(d) list. More information about California's Section 303(d) Listings, including the existing 2002 list and the State's new Section 303(d) Listing Policy, may be found at the State Water Resources Control Board's Section 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments or by contacting:
Craig J. Wilson (cjwilson@waterboards.ca.gov)
State Water Resources Control Board
P.O. Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95812-011
(916) 341-5560
TMDLs in California
EPA has issued guidance for developing TMDLs in California at Guidance for Developing TMDLs in California (PDF) (31 pp, 166K, About PDF)
More information about California's TMDL program, including the State's Proposed Impaired Waters Guidance and Regional Board TMDL programs, can be found at the State Water Resources Control Board's Total Maximum Daily Load Program page or by contacting:
Ken Harris (kharris@waterboards.ca.gov)
State Water Resources Control Board
TMDL Program Manager
P.O. Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95812-011
(916) 341-5500
Or
Rik Rassmussen (rrassmussen@waterboards.ca.gov)
State Water Resources Control Board
State TMDL Coordinator
(916) 341-5549
Information about California's TMDL program may also be obtained from EPA by contacting:
Debra Denton (denton.debra@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(916) 341-5520
Lahontan Regional Liaison
Jane Freeman (freeman.jane@epa.gov)
Nonpoint Source Office (WTR-3)
(775) 588-4547 x248
Colorado River Regional Liaison
Dave Guiliano (guiliano.david@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(415) 947-4133
Santa Ana Regional Liaison
Cindy Lin (lin.cindy@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(213) 244-1803
San Diego Regional Liaison
Cindy Lin (lin.cindy@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(213) 244-1803
David Smith (smith.davidw@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(415) 972-3416
North Coast Regional Liaison
Palma Risler (risler.palma@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(415) 972-3451
San Francisco Bay Regional Liaison
Diane Fleck (fleck.diane@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(415) 972-3480
Central Coast Regional Liaison
Cheryl McGovern (mcgovern.cheryl@epa.gov)
Southwest Border Office (WTR-4)
(415) 972-3415
Los Angeles Regional Liaison
Peter Kozelka (kozelka.peter@epa.gov)
Monitoring and Assessment Office (WTR-2)
(415) 972-3448
State-adopted TMDLs in California
Information on the status of TMDLs being developed or previously developed by the State of California can be found at California's State Water Resources Control Board's Total Maximum Daily Load Program page and EPA's List of Approved TMDLs by Pollutant since January 1, 1996.
Note: the EPA TMDL tracking system is updated periodically but may not include all approved TMDLs.
EPA-established TMDLs in California
Although most TMDLs are adopted by states, territories, or authorized tribes, and then approved by EPA, EPA also establishes TMDLs in some cases if:
- EPA disapproves TMDLs submitted by states, territories, or authorized tribes,
- States, territories, or authorized tribes do not submit TMDLs in a timely manner,
- EPA is required to do so pursuant to litigation settlements or judicial orders, or
- States ask EPA to establish TMDLs for particular water bodies.
TMDLs for California, which have been completed by EPA as part of legal requirements under lawsuit settlement consent decrees, are on the EPA-established TMDLs page.